CANE FIRE

Price: $395.00 Code: 2646 |
Directed by Anthony Banua-Simon
2020, 90 minutes
Subjects & Collections
Festivals & Awards
Official Selection - 2021 MoMA Doc Fortnight
Official Selection - 2020 Hot Docs International Film Festival
Official Selection - 2021 Prismatic Ground (Maysles Documentary Center and Screen Slate)
Official Selection - 2021 DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Official Selection - 2020 Hawaiʻi International Film Festival
Official Selection - 2021 Asian American International Film Festival
Winner -"Best Feature Documentary" - 2020 Indie Memphis Film Festival
Winner -"Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature" - 2021 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Winner-"Jason D. Mak Award for Social Justice" - 2021 DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon
Winner -"Vijay Mohan Social Change Award" - 2021 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
Reviews
"[T]remendous educational and moral value."
- Teo Bugbee, The New York Times
"An indispensable watch, Banua-Simon’s first feature focuses on the island of Kauaʻi and the history of its exploitation as a colony, which endures under the guise of statehood."
-Carlos Aguilar, The Wrap
"[A] tale as old as America: vicious colonialism, greedy capitalism, rampant racism, and the erasure of local histories for exploitative ends."
-Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com
"Through original and deftly assembled archival footage, Anthony Banua-Simon's debut documentary feature CANE FIRE considers the long arc of white, corporate economic & cultural pillaging of Hawaii."
- Patrick Dahl, Screen Slate
"A necessary corrective to the perception of Hawaiian identity that diagnoses the problem of representation in pop culture through the filmmakers own deeply personal lens."
-Eric Kohn, Indiewire
"CANE FIRE uncovers not one, but several underreported histories at the same time with equal parts reverence, relevance, and rage."
-Andrew Parker, The Gate
Further Reading
In ‘Cane Fire,’ When an Image of Paradise Creates Loss
The director Anthony Banua-Simon discusses his documentary about how the lives of Hawaii residents have been affected by tourism.